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That's according to Sir Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes ignored him over the development of this season’s Formula One car. Seven-time world champion Hamilton finished fifth in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, over 50 seconds behind race winner Max Verstappen. It was a sobering result for Hamilton, who complained before the race that Mercedes are on the “wrong track” and “either third or fourth”. “Last year, there

It follows their 5-1 defeat to Benfica on Tuesday Scott Parker has been sacked as Club Brugge head coach after just 12 games in charge of the Belgian club. Brugge announced the departure of the former Fulham and Bournemouth boss in the wake of their 5-1 defeat to Benfica on Tuesday that saw them crash out of the UEFA Champions League. In a terse statement posted on their official website,

The British Pie Awards are being held in Melton Mowbray More than 900 entries are in the running at this year’s British Pie Awards – with more than 150 judges lining up to find the UK’s supreme champion. Baking began on Wednesday in Britain’s unofficial pie capital, Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, as 908 bakers from pubs, restaurants and other establishments served up fillings ranging from Marmite-and-cheese to lasagne. As well

She is stepping down as First Minister in the coming weeks Future first ministers should seek to ensure that half of their top team in government are women, Nicola Sturgeon has said. Ms Sturgeon said one of her first acts when she took on the top job in Scottish politics in 2014 had been to appoint a gender-balanced cabinet. Ms Sturgeon said Scotland’s had been only the third such cabinet

The FTSE 100 was up 10 points on the day The FTSE 100 closed marginally higher during a mixed and broadly muted session across Europe. The rise in London came after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell sought to calm the markets after hawkish comments on Tuesday, which indicated rate hikes could be accelerated, impacted trading sentiment at the end of the session. On Wednesday, he appeared more restrained in tone

The company is currently worth just under 700 million pounds on the London Stock Exchange Shareholders at online retailer Boohoo have narrowly approved a bumper incentive deal which could hand a £50 million bonus to the company’s boss in the next half-decade. The new plan will make it easier for chief executive John Lyttle and his top lieutenants to get their bumper payouts. It had been hailed as a “growth

It follows court documents being filed in the US last week   The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), which holds a controlling stake in the club, was described in the document as “a sovereign instrumentality of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” while PIF governor and Newcastle chairman Yasir Al Rumayyan was described as “a sitting minister in the Saudi government”. The Premier League only approved the Saudi-led consortium’s takeover in

The warning from the Met Office lasts for 21 hours from 3pm on Thursday Snow storms are expected to hit large swathes of central and northern England on Thursday, forecasters have warned. The Met Office has issued an amber warning for “strong winds bringing blizzard conditions” and up to 40cm of snow to the area stretching from Stoke-on-Trent to Durham. The warning lasts for 21 hours from 3pm on Thursday

The company will be offering customers free home consultations and advice The UK’s biggest energy supplier will start to help its customers to get new solar panels on their homes and offer consultations on how people can reduce their bills and carbon footprints. British Gas said it would be offering customers free home consultations for solar panels and also give them advice on installing batteries in their properties to capture